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Chicago O'Hare International Airport

Chicago, US

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Getting around the airport

Four terminals with shuttle bus and train

Chicago O’Hare International Airport (known locally as O'Hare) lies 27km north-west of downtown Chicago, and is the busiest airport in the world in terms of take-offs and landings. It has four terminals:

Terminals 1-3: Connected in a U-shape. Handle mostly domestic traffic and some international departures.

Terminal 5: External building. Covers all international arrivals and departures.

Terminal 2 also has a mezzanine level between the two upper levels, with a multi-faith prayer area and the United Service Organization (USO) waiting areas.

Travelling between terminals

Passengers can walk between Terminals 1-3 both landside and airside. United Airlines runs an airside shuttle bus between its gates in Terminals 1 and 2.

The airport offers a free Airport Transit System (ATS) before security, between all four terminals, parking facilities, the Kiss 'n' Fly drop-off point, and the PACE bus stop. The journey takes nine minutes and trains run every 3-20 minutes.

CIBO Express Gourmet Market

Vegan food options

At first look, CIBO Express Gourmet Markets might look like any other airport deli, but rest assured they're better. They offer quite a few options of vegan and vegetarian food. Try their sandwiches and salads!

Garrett Popcorn

Traditional handmade popcorn

Garrett Popcorn shops offer a selection of high quality handmade popcorn in Chicago since 1949. You can get some of their traditional flavours like CheeseCorn or CaramelCrisp or go with seasonal flavours. There are two locations in the airport:

Barber shop

At the Hilton

The O'Hare Hilton hotel has a traditional gentleman's barber shop where you can get a haircut, shampoo or hot shave.Most standard services cost around USD 20. For enquiries or bookings call +1773-686-9000.

A pleasant distraction

Art exhibits at Terminal 1

If you've got some time to spare, there's an impressive work of public art in Terminal 1. It's a mile-long kinetic light sculpture composed of 466 neon tubes, reflected by 23,600 square feet of mirror.

The exhibition is located airside in the tunnel connecting Concourses B & C.

Save on your car rental

Lowest price guaranteed

Each car rental agency serving the airport offers a 24-hour courtesy shuttle service. These will pick you up outside baggage claim on the Arrivals lower level of Terminals 1, 2 and 3. In Terminal 5, call the courtesy telephones on the lower level.